III 271. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Matrodoros, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 50.9, W. 32.3, Th. 16.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele with cornice. Broken in two pieces. The cornice is missing except on the left side. On the front - relief rosettes and a sword belt, both partially preserved. Between the cornice and rosettes - carved two-line inscription. In the first line, only traces of the initial and final letters are visible. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, during the archaeological investigation of Curtain wall 19. Found next to the Curtain Wall, on the inside, present day ground surface. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2008, excavations of V.G. Samoylenko. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 110/37545. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with slanting outer hastae, nu with short vertical, omicron and omega smaller than other letters, slight flaring of the ends of strokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov, Samoylenko 2013b, 66, № 2. 

Edition

Μ̣ατ̣[ρόδω]ρ̣ος
Γ̣λαύκωνος̣.

Diplomatic

.Α.[....].ΟΣ
.ΛΑΥΚΩΝΟ.

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
     <lb n="1"/><unclear>Μ</unclear>α<unclear>τ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ρόδω</supplied><unclear>ρ</unclear>ος
     <lb n="2"/><unclear>Γ</unclear>λαύκωνο<unclear>ς</unclear>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Matrodoros, (son of) Glaukon.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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